Patents by Inventor Malcom S. Ware

Malcom S. Ware has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8930589
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for monitoring memory access is disclosed. The method includes monitoring access to a memory unit, updating an activity cache associated with an incrementor with access data corresponding to accesses to the memory unit, monitoring a rate of access to the memory unit, adjusting a sample rate of the access data for storage in the memory unit based on the rate of access, and scaling a value of the access data based on the sample rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Carter, Karthick Rajamani, Gregory S. Still, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Malcom S. Ware
  • Publication number: 20120284540
    Abstract: Methods, computers, and products for managing power consumption of a computer, the computer including a computer processor and managing power consumption of a computer includes: dynamically during operation of the computer, setting, by an in-band power manager in dependence upon performance metrics of the computer processor, a current performance state (‘p-state’) of the computer processor; and providing, by the in-band power manager to an out-of-band power manager, the current p-state of the computer processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas M. Brey, Wesley M. Felter, Sumeet Kochar, Charles R. Lefurgy, Ryuji Orita, Freeman L. Rawson, III, Malcom S. Ware
  • Publication number: 20120054374
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for monitoring memory access is disclosed. The method includes monitoring access to a memory unit, updating an activity cache associated with an incrementor with access data corresponding to accesses to the memory unit, monitoring a rate of access to the memory unit, adjusting a sample rate of the access data for storage in the memory unit based on the rate of access, and scaling a value of the access data based on the sample rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Carter, Karthick Rajamani, Gregory S. Still, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, Malcom S. Ware
  • Patent number: 7917328
    Abstract: Monitoring temperature excursions an assembly experiences over a life of the assembly is provided. A determination is made as to whether the assembly has been in service beyond a predetermined end of life objective. Responsive to the assembly failing to be in service beyond the predetermined end of life objective, a new temperature value associated with the assembly is read. A modifier value for a figure of merit (FOM) value is computed and added to a cumulative figure of merit value. The cumulative figure of merit value is compared to a cumulative stress figure of merit budget. Responsive to the cumulative figure of merit value exceeding the cumulative stress figure of merit budget, an identified stress management solution is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jon A. Casey, Michael S. Floyd, Soraya Ghiasi, Kenneth C. Marston, Jennifer V. Muncy, Malcom S. Ware, Roger D. Weekly
  • Publication number: 20100049466
    Abstract: Monitoring temperature excursions an assembly experiences over a life of the assembly is provided. A determination is made as to whether the assembly has been in service beyond a predetermined end of life objective. Responsive to the assembly failing to be in service beyond the predetermined end of life objective, a new temperature value associated with the assembly is read. A modifier value for a figure of merit (FOM) value is computed and added to a cumulative figure of merit value. The cumulative figure of merit value is compared to a cumulative stress figure of merit budget. Responsive to the cumulative figure of merit value exceeding the cumulative stress figure of merit budget, an identified stress management solution is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jon A. Casey, Michael S. Floyd, Soraya Ghiasi, Kenneth C. Marston, Jennifer V. Muncy, Malcom S. Ware, Roger D. Weekly